I was pondering something that I had a revelation about a while back and since I was thinking how much it has come up again, I thought I would share it with whomever feels inclined to read below:
I was standing in my kitchen doing dinner prep when my daughter, who was running into the kitchen, called my name and asked me a question. She obviously didn't like that I was multi-tasking so she continued to be very persistent in getting my complete and undivided attention. After an eternity of her pushing me to do what she thought would mean I paid attention and listened to her, I got upset with her and said, "Moriah, just because mommy is not looking directly at you and doing nothing else does not mean in any way that I don't hear what you say. I have a way to hear you even when you speak in a crowded room very quietly."
It hit me then. How often do we approach the Lord and ask for something. We don't get the response we wanted and so we ask again and again louder and louder (which shows persistence and can be good on some occassions depending on our response) and then go away mad, hurt and/or degected because we perceive that to be Him not payig attention to us? He is our Father (Abba=daddy) and as such, has a special knack for hearing us even when we are here on this crowded earth with so many people speaking. You don't have to yell, you don't have to ask more than once. Just as His sheep know His name, so He knows the voice of His sheep.
Be encouraged today that if you speak, even the faintest peep in the middle of your night, He hears you. He is a great daddy and he is a great multi-tasker.
